Anemone oregana |
Anemone oregana var. oregana |
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Oregon anemone, Oregon windflower |
Oregon anemone, western wood anemone |
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Habit | Perennial from scaly, stout, horizontal rhizomes, the flowering stems 1-3 dm. tall. | |
Leaves | Basal leaves single, trifoliate, the leaflets once or twice shallowly lobed and remotely serrate; the flowering stem naked except for a whorl of 3 leaves near the top, these trifoliate, petiolate, the leaflets up to 8 cm. long, the lateral pair deeply lobed, all remotely toothed. |
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Flowers | Flowers single; sepals usually 5, ovate-oblong, 12-20 mm. long, usually blue to blue-violet, but occasionally white or pinkish; petals none; stamens 35-100; pistils numerous. |
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Fruits | Achenes narrowly oblong, 4 mm. long, finely pubescent; style 0.5 mm. long, glabrous. |
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Anemone oregana |
Anemone oregana var. oregana |
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Flowering time | March-June | March-June |
Habitat | Moist, open woods, low to mid-elevations in the mountains, also in marshes and bogs along the coast. | Moist, open woods, low to mid-elevations in the mountains. |
Distribution | Occurring in forested areas on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to northern California.
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Occurring in forested areas on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington, except on outer coast in Washington; Washington to northern California, except along Oregon coast. |
Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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